Ikhwalithi Yomoya Ojwayelekile Wangaphakathi

Ikhwalithi yomoya ngaphakathi emakhaya, ezikoleni, nakwezinye izakhiwo ingaba yisici esibalulekile sempilo yakho kanye nendawo ezungezile.

Ikhwalithi Yomoya Wangaphakathi Emahhovisi Nakwezinye Izakhiwo Ezinkulu

I-Radon

Igesi ye-radon yenzeka ngokwemvelo futhi ingabangela umdlavuza wamaphaphu. Ukuhlolwa kwe-radon kulula, futhi kuyatholakala izindlela zokulungisa amazinga aphezulu.

• Umdlavuza wamaphaphu ubulala izinkulungwane zabantu baseMelika minyaka yonke. Ukubhema, i-radon, kanye nokubhema intuthu ephuma komunye umuntu kuyizimbangela eziphambili zomdlavuza wamaphaphu. Nakuba umdlavuza wamaphaphu ungelashwa, izinga lokusinda lingenye yezimbangela eziphansi kakhulu kulabo abanomdlavuza. Kusukela ngesikhathi sokuxilongwa, amaphesenti aphakathi kuka-11 no-15 alabo abaphethwe yilesi sifo bazophila iminyaka engaphezu kwemihlanu, kuye ngezici zabantu. Ezimweni eziningi umdlavuza wamaphaphu ungavinjelwa.
• Ukubhema kuyimbangela ehamba phambili yomdlavuza wamaphaphu. Ukubhema kubangela ukufa okulinganiselwa ku-160,000* ngenxa yomdlavuza e-US minyaka yonke (i-American Cancer Society, 2004). Futhi izinga phakathi kwabesifazane liyakhuphuka. NgoJanuwari 11, 1964, uDkt. Luther L. Terry, owayengudokotela ohlinzayo wase-US ngaleso sikhathi, wakhipha isexwayiso sokuqala mayelana nokuxhumana phakathi kokubhema nomdlavuza wamaphaphu. Umdlavuza wamaphaphu manje udlula umdlavuza webele njengembangela yokuqala yokufa phakathi kwabesifazane. Umuntu obhemayo ophinde abhekane ne-radon usengozini enkulu kakhulu yomdlavuza wamaphaphu.
• I-Radon iyimbangela yokuqala yomdlavuza wamaphaphu kubantu abangabhemi, ngokusho kwezilinganiso ze-EPA. Sekukonke, i-radon iyimbangela yesibili ehamba phambili yomdlavuza wamaphaphu. I-Radon inesibopho sokufa kwabantu abangaba ngu-21,000 abanesifo somdlavuza wamaphaphu minyaka yonke. Cishe abangu-2,900 balaba bantu bafa phakathi kwabantu abangakaze babheme.

I-carbon monoxide

Ubuthi be-carbon monoxide buyimbangela yokufa engagwenywa.

I-Carbon monoxide (CO), igesi engenaphunga, engenambala. Ikhiqizwa noma nini lapho uphethiloli ushiswa futhi ingabangela ukugula nokufa okungazelelwe. I-CDC isebenza nabalingani bezwe, besifundazwe, bendawo, kanye nabanye ukuze baqwashise ngokufaka ubuthi be-CO kanye nokuqapha idatha yokugula nokufa okuhlobene ne-CO e-US.

Intuthu kagwayi engokwemvelo / intuthu esetshenzisiwe

Ukubhema intuthu yomuntu obhemayo kubeka engcupheni izinsana, izingane kanye nabantu abadala.

• Akukho izinga eliphephile lokuchayeka entuthwini yokubhema komuntu obhemayo. Abantu abangabhemi abachayeka entuthwini yokubhema umuntu obhemayo, ngisho noma isikhathi esifushane, bangaba nemiphumela emibi empilweni.1,2,3
• Kubantu abadala abangabhemi, ukubhema ngokubhema kungabangela isifo senhliziyo, isifo sohlangothi, umdlavuza wamaphaphu, nezinye izifo. Kungabangela nokufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi.1,2,3
• Ukubhema okubhenywa ngomunye umuntu kungabangela imiphumela emibi empilweni yokuzala kwabesifazane, okuhlanganisa nokuzalwa unesisindo esiphansi.1,3
• Ezinganeni, ukubhema ngokubhema kungabangela izifo zokuphefumula, izifo zendlebe, kanye nokuhlaselwa yisifuba. Ezinganeni, intuthu kakubhema kungabangela isifo sokufa kwezinsana ngokuzumayo (SIDS).1,2,3
• Kusukela ngo-1964, abantu ababalelwa ku-2,500,000 ababengabhemi bafa ngenxa yezinkinga zempilo ezibangelwa ukubhema ngentuthu kagwayi.1
• Imiphumela yokubhebhetheka kwentuthu yomuntu obhemayo emzimbeni ishesha.1,3 Ukubhebhetheka kwentuthu yomuntu obhemayo kungadala imiphumela yokuvuvukala nokuphefumula eyingozi zingakapheli imizuzu engama-60 yokubhebhetheka okungahlala okungenani amahora amathathu ngemva kokubhebhetheka.4